RFC 2525 on TCP Implementation Problems

RFC Editor <rfc-ed@ISI.EDU> Wed, 10 March 1999 00:25 UTC

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        RFC 2525: 

        Title:	    Known TCP Implementation Problems
	Author(s):  V. Paxson, M Allman, S. Dawson, W. Fenner,
		    J. Griner, I. Heavens, K. Lahey, J. Semke, B. Volz
	Status:     Informational
	Date:       March 1999
        Mailbox:    vern@ee.lbl.gov, mallman@lerc.nasa.gov,
		    sdawson@eecs.umich.edu, fenner@parc.xerox.com,
		    jgriner@lerc.nasa.gov, ian@spider.com,
		    kml@nas.nasa.gov, semke@psc.edu, volz@process.com
	Pages:      61
        Characters: 137201
        Updates/Obsoletes/See Also: None
        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-tcpimpl-prob-05.txt


        URL:        ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2525.txt


This memo catalogs a number of known TCP implementation problems.
The goal in doing so is to improve conditions in the existing
Internet by enhancing the quality of current TCP/IP implementations.
It is hoped that both performance and correctness issues can be
resolved by making implementors aware of the problems and their
solutions.  In the long term, it is hoped that this will provide a
reduction in unnecessary traffic on the network, the rate of
connection failures due to protocol errors, and load on network
servers due to time spent processing both unsuccessful connections
and retransmitted data.  This will help to ensure the stability of
the global Internet.

This document is a product of the TCP Implementation Working Group of
the IETF.

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Joyce K. Reynolds and Alegre Ramos
USC/Information Sciences Institute

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